Amid a highly competitive global business climate, a few brands stand out.
Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy, looked at companies around the world to find which ones have the highest value.
To rank them, it analyzed key metrics like a brand’s strength, the importance of each brand’s purchasing decisions, current and forecast revenue, and growth rates.
Most of the top companies were American and many — but not all — were tech companies.
Continue reading to see which brands made the top 10.
The State Grid Corporation of China, a Chinese state-owned utility and the largest utility company in the world, ranked tenth with a brand value of $85.6 billion.
The American chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) ranked ninth with a brand value of $87.9 billion.
Social media brand Facebook (META) ranked eighth with a brand value of $91.5 billion.
Short-form video platform TikTok ranked seventh with a brand value of $105.8 billion.
South Korean tech company Samsung ranked sixth with a brand value of $110.6 billion.
Walmart (WMT) ranked fifth with a brand value of $137.2 billion.
Amazon (AMZN) ranked fourth with a brand value of $356.4 billion.
Google (GOOGL) ranked third with a brand value of $413 billion.
Microsoft (MSFT) ranked second with a brand value of $461.1 billion.
Apple (AAPL) ranked first with a brand value of $574.5 billion.
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